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10 Eating Habits that Changed

Wow, my food tastes have changed. Like so many children, I had a sugar tooth. I look back at what I ate and drank as a youngster and think, “How totally foolish!” Fortunately, my parents made me eat many of the foods I used to dislike and limited my intake of the crappy foods. I am proud to say my eating and drinking habits have transformed. Here is list of the changes with the period when I dropped the unhealthy aspect of my diet in parenthesis (in reverse chronological order):

Sugary cereals (Undergrad): This one is huge. I used to eat Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Frosted Flakes; some of the sugariest cereals on the market, and I would eat it at least twice a day! Sometimes I’d eat two bowls in one sitting! This reached its peak the first year of college and then I switched to granola. After a phase of excessive granola consumption, I went to oatmeal packets (still sugary), and now I eat plain oatmeal. Oatmeal is an oversimplification because I mix it up with quick oats, traditional oats, and steal cut oats (all are healthy).

Nuts (Undergrad): My aversion to nuts has moderated considerably and I can now consume and enjoy many varieties.

Pizza (Undergrad): I loved pizza and the grease didn’t bother me. Now, most pizza is too greasy for me.

Sugary Drinks (Undergrad): When I was really young, I drank pop, particularly Minute Maid, Cherry Coke, and Root Beer. Then, I shifted to super sugary juices like Aronia Berry and Grape Juice. Now, I basically only drink water and tea.

Chocolate (Undergrad): I used to have Nutella spread like three times a day and chunks of Belgium milk chocolate. First year of college, I ate like 5 fatty Otis Spunkmeyer chocolate chip cookies after dinner. We would hover around the oven waiting for the cookies to come out in the cafeteria. Chocolate is not bad, but I was eating it too much. All that funny business is long over. Believe it or not, I am indifferent to chocolate now. Cookies just don’t do it for me anymore.

Bread (High School): As a child, I refused to eat anything but white bread. Now I eat only whole grain wheat bread with oats, flax seeds, and as many other grains as possible.

Salad (Junior High): I used to dislike eating salad, now I love it. The more different types of vegetables and colorful the salad is, the more I enjoy it! Forget about salad dressing, I actually enjoy the taste of the vegetables.